It is located on the northern
slope in Laohugou valley
of the Qilian Mountains.
There are 44 ranges of
glaciers. The crystal
Mengke glacier is one
of them. It lasts 10.1km
in length, covering an
area of 21.9km. It is
the nearest one of all
glaciers in China to railway,
highway and airport and
easy for tourists to arrive
and climb. The low tip
of the glacier is 4260m
above the see level.
After years’ effort a
simply constructed road
is finished, which leads
to the foot of the glacier.
After having climbed up
and reached the glacier,
you’ll find there are
too many unpredictable
forms of ice for the eye
to take in. Looking into
distance, there is a landscape
picture composed of grassland,
snow-capped mountains
and streams.
